Nurse Associate

NHS Jobs; Chertsey; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs in England seeks a Nursing Associate to join a multidisciplinary team, delivering compassionate care and supporting service users with diverse mental health needs. You will assess risks, document care, and work with supervising clinicians to plan and evaluate treatment.

The role emphasizes following professional standards, escalating concerns when necessary, and contributing to safe, evidence-based practice across care settings within local guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to the NMC professional standards for practice as part of the Nursing Associate role.
• Work as a member of the MDT, interacting with team members and organising, prioritising and planning work.
• Provide sensitive, compassionate and effective care to support service users with a range of mental health conditions.
• Recognise and work within the limits of their competence.
• Use assessment tools to inform risk assessments and protect service users and staff.
• Seek advice to manage risks or complex cases and ensure actions align with local/national frameworks; report risks.
• Advise and support service users to enable informed lifestyle choices (diet, smoking, exercise).
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care with a supervising clinician, considering mental/physical health and social circumstances.
• Contribute to care following evidence-based practice and national guidelines.
• Assist in preparation and administration of medication, ensuring protocols are followed.
• Know when to work without direct supervision within practice parameters and escalate when needed.
• Interpret information and elevate concerns to appropriate professionals when necessary.
• Prioritise and manage workload; delegate safely where appropriate.
• Act as a role model and support nursing students and staff.
• Ensure incidents or near misses are reported promptly and information is accurate.
• Collaborate with other services to share information and ensure safe, timely discharges and reduce readmission.
• Document and maintain accurate clinical records in the electronic system; support data entry on System One.
• Identify and report concerns regarding potential abuse/neglect following safeguarding protocols.
• Recognise changes in a service user’s condition and refer to supervising clinician as needed.
• Participate in clinical audits and maintain privacy, dignity and safety of individuals.

Job description

• 1. Adhere to the requirements outlined in the NMC professional standards for practice contained within The Standards of Proficiency for Nursing Associates.
• 2. To work as a member of the MDT responsible for interacting constructively with team members and organising, prioritising and planning your work.
• 3. Provide sensitive, compassionate and effective care to support service users with a range of mental health conditions.
• 4. Recognise and work within the limits of their competence.
• 5. Use a range of assessment tools pertinent to the service users needs, to inform a thorough assessment of risk that will protect both service users and staff.
• 6. Recognise when to seek advice to manage risks or complex cases and to avoid compromising quality care. Ensuring actions are in line with local and national frameworks and legislation and that risks are reported accurately.
• 7. Provide advice and support to service users to enable them to make informed lifestyle choices in areas such as diet, smoking and exercise.
• 8. To assess, plan, implement and evaluate care with a supervising clinician for our service users, taking into account mental health, physical health and social circumstances.
• 9. To contribute to the provision of care for our service users and to ensure that any care provided is done so in line with evidence-based practice and national guidelines.
• 10. To work alongside a supervising clinician in the preparation and administration of medication and to ensure that medication protocols are complied with at all times.
• 11. Where appropriate, feel competent to work without direct supervision, delivering care independently in line with parameters of practice of the Nursing Associate role, accessing clinical and care advice when needed.
• 12. Interpret information and recognise situations that are beyond your knowledge and feel confident to elevate concerns to an appropriate professional.
• 13. Prioritise and manage your own workload and recognise areas of care that you can delegate safely to other colleagues where appropriate.
• 14. Act as a role model, and support nursing students, health care assistant and new employees.
• 15. Ensure incidents or near misses are reported in a timely manner and that all information is accurate.
• 16. To work collaboratively with other services, agencies and teams, to share information appropriately and ensure safe and timely discharges, continuation of excellent care and to reduce the need for readmission.
• 17. Document and maintain accurate clinical records within the trusts electronic records system. To support the qualified clinicians in completing key aspects of data entry on System one.
• 18. To identify and report any concerns in regards to the potential abuse/neglect of people and carers in line with the Surrey Safeguarding Adults protocol.
• 19. To recognise changes in a service users condition which may require the intervention of others and understand when to refer to your supervising clinician.
• 20. To participate in clinical audits. Ensure the privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times.